News
Take-up of faster NBN plans increasing, company claims More customers are switching to faster broadband plans, according to NBN Co, which says 70% of new plans being taken up are now either 50Mbps or higher.
18th June 2018
2Gbps 4G coming from Telstra this year Telstra has begun lab tests of a 2Gbps 4G service, and expects to deploy the technology before the end of 2018.
15th June 2018
Huawei unlikely to get role in Australian 5G projects: report Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Telecommunications appears unlikely to be allowed to provide equipment for 5G networks in Australia, due to alleged national security concerns, a report claims.
14th June 2018
Superloop adds 10,000 broadband customers with SkyMesh purchase Networking and infrastructure group Superloop has increased its presence in the NBN retail market with its purchase of the broadband customer base of SkyMesh, the Australian subsidiary of Bigblu Broadband.
13th June 2018
Telstra 4GX-lite mobile satellite small-cell launches Telstra's new 4GX-lite Mobile Satellite Small Cell has launched, offering "a new solution to help people living and working in some of Australia’s most remote places purchase their own coverage extension of the Telstra 4GX mobile service".
12th June 2018
Don?t exclude Huawei from Australian 5G: chairman Huawei Australia chairman John Lord has launched a strong defence of the company and its operations, saying that if it were excluded from the 5G network build locally it would be of huge significance for the company.
4th June 2018
Vocus customer hack used to swamp triple-zero service Australia's triple-zero service was hit by a malicious attack last weekend, with up to 600 calls at a time made through a customer of telco Vocus, with the attacker flooding the number during three short periods between 6.09am and 7.55am.
1st June 2018
Qantas continues in-flight Wi-Fi rollout to A330 National airline carrier Qantas says it will have Wi-FI on two domestic A330s and half of the 737 fleet by the end of June, and then 75% of the combined fleet by the end of the year.
31st May 2018
Timing of Optus job cuts shows 'contempt' for workers: union The union that covers telecommunications workers claims the sacking of 400 more workers at Singtel Optus shows the "reprehensible contempt" that management has for the workforce.
30th May 2018
Optus sacks another 400 to 'future-proof' company Close on the heels of announcing 200 jobs would go due to phasing out its Virgin Mobile subsidiary, Singtel Optus has announced that it would be making another 400 positions redundant in the coming months.
29th May 2018